Legging.



R. L. CAMPBELL.

LEGGING. APPLICATION FILED -APR. 24, 1913.

Patented May 19, 1914.

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ROBERT L. CAMPBELL, OF HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR T0 HAGERSTOWN SHOE & LEGGING COMPANY, OF HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND, A CORPORATION OF MARYLAND.

LEGGING.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented May 19, 1914.

Application filed April 24, 1913. Serial No. 763,409.

To all whom 'it 112 (11/ concern Be it known that I, Ronnn'r L. CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at llagerstown, in the county of Washington and State of Maryland, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Leggings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

It is desirable to readily put on and take otl' puttecs and other leggings on which straps are used to adjust and fasten them. Fastenings that could be used as such without disturbing the adjustment of the straps, would seem to meet the requirements of ready application and removal of the puttecs or leggings; but an such fastenings in order to be entirely practical as well from a manufacturing viewpoint as from that of the user, must be simple and devoid of complications, and also eflicient.

The object of this invention is to supply such fastcnin The invention consists of a legging having a chafe, or combined adjusting and fastening member, sup lied with means by which the free ends 0 the straps may be adjustably secured. and means for connecting the chafe with the body of the legging in such way that it may be readily fastened and nnfastened to apply the legging to the wearcrs leg and as easily remove it, without altering the adjustment of the straps on the chafe, as I will proceed now to explain and finally claim.

In the accompanyin drawings illustrating the invention, in tie several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is an elevation of a legging or puttee having an upper and a lower strap adjusted in a single chafo and the fastening means. Fig. 2 1s a plan view of the ehafe and fastening shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section thereof. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a chafe which provides for adjustment of the fastening or connecting means, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section thereof.

The body 1 of the legging or puttee, may be of any suitable construction and materia and provided with any desired number of straps. Merely as illustrative of the principle of the invention, I have shown the body provided with a strap 2 at its upper or top portion, permanently fixed to one edge thereof, and a strap 8 at its lower or bottom por tion and similarly applied to the same edge. These two straps are adapted to be wound about the body of the leggin when applied to the wearer, in order to bind the legging to the wearers leg, and their free ends are adjustably secured to the chafe, here designated as a whole by the numeral 4. This chafc comprises a piece 5 of leather, metal, or other substance or material, having at )art 6 to which the strap fastening and adusting element 7 is secured, same being shown as an ordinary tongue buckle, although it may be of other suitable construction; and a connecting part 8 having a fastening element 9 to engage its complementary element 10 fixed to the body of the leg- 'ng. As here shown, the element 9 is a hole in the part 8, and the element 10 is a hook, such as a shoe lacing hook. Such a chafe may be applied to each strap, but preferably the chafe will include as many strap fastening and adjusting elements 7 as there are straps, and I have herein shown it as supplied with two to take the two straps 2 and 3. In either case, the legging is tried on and the straps adjusted in the buckles to the proper fit, and then the fastening or connecting elements 8-9 and 10 are used to fasten and release the legging. Obviously both operations ma be performed quickly and without altering the adjustment of the straps.

In order to extend the adjustability of the legging, and to compensate for any looseness or tightness of the fit, the chafe may be provided with a series of holes 9, Fig. 4; and instead of the book 10, I may use a spring lever hook 11 of ordinary construction.

Any other suitable chafe fastener may be used, so long as it admits of the ready fastening and unfastening of the logging without altering the adjustment of the straps, or, in other words, unfastening the straps from the chafe.

In those leggings in which the straps are threaded through e es or loops so as to connect both edges, it is necessary to wholly remove the straps before the legging could be opened lengthwise in order to apply it to or remove it from ones leg by merely lapping it and then fastening the straps, and hence such leggings are most expeditiously put on and oil by drawing them over the feet. This is objectionable, particularly if the shoes happen to be wet or dirty. n my invention the legging opens wide, with the stra s wholly on one side, to put it on and 01f y movements transverse to the leg.e

From the foregoing it will ap arent that the invention rovides what ma appropriately termed a. quick-acting astener.

What I claim is:

1. A legging, having top and bottom straps, a chafe for connecting said stra s for conjoint operation, comprising a ho having an individual strap'enga 'ng and ad justing element for each of sai stra s, and a holed part, and a hook on the e ging adapted to cooperate with the said oled part to fasten and unfasten the straps quickly and without disturbing their con nection with the said chafe, and to permit the legging to be opened wide for putting it on and off.

2. A legging, havi top and bottom straps a quick-acting c afe having strapengaging and adjusting buckles and also having a leg lug-engaging part provided with a. series 0 holes, and a hook on the legging to be en aged by any one of such holes to adjust an asten the legging about the wearer.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of April A. D. 1913.

ROBERT L- CAMPBELL.

Witnesses LAURA Nmmms, HENRY HAASE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for the cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patentn. Wuhinzton, D. 0. 

